Is it just me or...

Paying for College
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<p>Is it just me or are scholarship criteria getting stupider? I just saw something that said if you are a person under 4’10" you can possibly win a scholarship. If you are too tall, you can try to win one. If you are left handed…</p>

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<p>I like the stupid ones. They are usually a little fun in the mist of all the redundant one like “Why is America great?” and “How would this scholarship benefit your education?”</p>

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<p>i saw one only for people with GPA between 3.0-3.5…i had applied and when i clicked submit, it was like “please correct the highlighted field above”</p>

<p>so mad at that point</p>

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<p>I saw one for fat people from the National Association for Fat Acceptance.
Sorry if anyone is offended by this…but thats exactly what the scholarship said.</p>

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<p>It’s so stupid though. Like your height, age, race, weight, etc. are really that important to who you are as a person??? I get so irritated everytime I see something that says “ages such and such” “left-handed” “such and such race/ethnicity”. Anyway…</p>

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<p>Where are you guys finding these scholarships?</p>

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<p>i’ll agree that some may seem a bit… off, but really, the institutions/companies/clubs awarding these scholarships are just sponsoring those students that would fit well with their club/company/institution. i dont know if that makes sense, but i hope so. and also, these “stupid” scholarships arent really hurting anyone. eh. i’m tall, and looked to apply for a tall people scholarship, i coulddnt though, since there isnt a tall people club in my state. hehe, thats funny.</p>

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<p>Uh…it hurts the ones who don’t qualify, because they are not too short, not too tall, etc.</p>

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<p>CCR,</p>

<p>Here are really weird ones:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.collegebound.net/studentscoop/articles/january2004/scholarship.html[/url]”>http://www.collegebound.net/studentscoop/articles/january2004/scholarship.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/unusual.phtml[/url]”>http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/unusual.phtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>well, lots of scholarships hurt people who don’t met those requirements. It’s kinda the nature of scholarships. I don’t play sports, and not playing sports hurts me for those scholarships because I don’t qualify. Tough cookies.
And on top of that, I’m short and a right handy :P</p>

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<p>“Uh…it hurts the ones who don’t qualify, because they are not too short, not too tall, etc.”</p>

<p>Uh…there are a ton of scholarships out there that not everyone qualifies for because they’re not attending a certain school, they’re not majoring in a certain field, etc. It doesn’t hurt you because there are 10,000 other scholarships that you can apply to that have criteria you meet perfectly. No point picking on the three scholarships you don’t happen to meet the requirements for!</p>

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<p>Well then why can’t I find them?</p>

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<p>have y’all found any for girls with big feet? Just wondering because I have pretty big feet</p>